Piercing

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Middle English: from Old French percer, based on Latin pertus- ‘bored through’, from the verb pertundere, from per ‘through’ + tundere ‘thrust’.


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piercing (adj.)

early 15c., percing, in reference to cold, sound, light, a gaze, etc., present-participle adjective from pierce (v.). Figuratively, of the effect on the mind or emotions of pain, grief, etc., "sharp, keen, intense," from late 14c. Related: Piercingly.




piercing (n.)

late 14c., "act of penetrating with a point;" c. 1400, "a perforation, a hole," verbal noun from pierce (v.).